Assistant Accountant in London, United Kingdom

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Assistant Accountant

The Assistant Accountant is a newly created role in the finance team. The role will report into the Senior Financial Accountant and will support the end to end financial and accounting processes for the business including helping to set up and implement new processes, controls, and reconciliations. Furthermore, the role will be required to develop analytics and insight on Staff Costs and Revenue, working closely with key stakeholders within Finance, Operations, and the wider Corporate functions to provide insightful financial information that will be used by the broader business including the UK Executive and Group Finance in the US.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• To perform accounting and finance operational processes, performing reconciliations across different systems and the balance sheet,.

• Transition the remaining duties reconciliations and reports in relation to the Repair Solutions business to our Shared Service Centre provider, Accenture, ensuring that processes are being followed correctly and governance is maintained.

• To prepare monthly journals, including accruals, prepayments and intercompany entries ensuring all accounting entries are supported and accurate and working with our offshore services to ensure they are posted correctly and within SLA timescales.

• To undertake monthly variance analysis and ad hoc analysis as required.

• To support the team in the end-to-end audit process, working with the auditors on substantive testing and variance analysis.

• Supporting the Financial Accountant in implementing improvements in the financial control environment, communicating any new processes and controls clearly to the finance team and business, ensuring they are put in to practice effectively and monitoring performance of the controls.

• Performing daily Treasury activities and ensuring cash allocations are done on a timely basis and overseeing the loading of AR activity from CODA to SAP for Repair Solutions.

• Support with the implementation of SAP HANA ensuring reporting, transactional activity etc are accurate and working as expected at go-live.

• To support the wider finance team on ad hoc work as required.

You will have/will be:

• Demonstrable experience in an Assistant Accountant role or equivalent in industry (including Month End and Financial Controls in a corporate environment).

• Be studying for a Professional qualification (ACCA / CIMA / ACA or equivalent).

• A sound communicator, and able to identify when to escalate or raise issues.

• A self-starter, proactive, that will be able to work autonomously, with a continuous improvement mindset.

What will you get for this role?

• Competitive salary depending on skills, experience and qualifications.

• Many of our vacancies offer the opportunity to work flexibly, whether from office and/or home

• Healthcare scheme

• A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme

• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays

• Discounts on various products and services

• Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing

• Life assurance

• Group Income Protection

• Voluntary benefits – dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, wellbeing and digital GP apps.

Working at Sedgwick

Our company is a place where creative and caring people of all backgrounds can be challenged, grow as individuals, and feel a higher purpose in the unique value they bring and the difference they make in the lives of others. We celebrate our differences; cultivating uniqueness and belonging allows us to connect with our consumers on a personal level, understand our clients’ needs, support the communities in which we operate, and perform at our best.

We’re passionate and understanding about our colleagues – so we have built flexibility into our colleague working model. If you wish to work from home, split your working time between the home and office or change your hours so you can collect your children or care for someone in your family, we’re supportive of that. As a flexible employer, we’re happy to discuss options that take into consideration your personal needs for this position during your interview.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to: ID document verification, credit check, address verification, employment verification, employment gap verification, UK DBS, UK financial regulator search, anti-money laundering search, directorship search and global watch list check.

Sedgwick is committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity. We aim to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the ground of race, colour, nationality, religion, ethnic or national origins, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or disability.

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The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Sedgwick retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.

Taking care of people is at the heart of everything we do. Caring counts

Sedgwick is a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions. Every day, in every time zone, the most well-known and respected organizations place their trust in us to help their employees regain health and productivity, guide their consumers through the claims process, protect their brand and minimize business interruptions. Our more than 30,000 colleagues across 80 countries embrace our shared purpose and values as they demonstrate what it means to work for an organization committed to doing the right thing – one where caring counts. Watch this video to learn more about us. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywxedjBGSfA)